Anita Rego
Founder Director at PEARLSS 4 Development Founder AMITA- a mental health therapy platform Advisor to Listening Inn Panelist to Letswalktogether The 15 most Influential Women IWD 2023: TOP BUSINESS LEADER
I grew up in a town called Mangalore and my mother took us for charity visits to the Psychiatry unit of the well-known Hospital, Fr. Mullers Hospital. My interest in mental health was further nurtured at NIMHANS where I did my M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Psychiatric Social Work. Throughout my whole work life of four decades, I continued to engage in counseling and strengthen the counseling space. COVID hit hard and we set up online therapy services. One incident was very powerful. The story of an Army man on the India Myanmar borders who reached out to us for services for his wife facing anxiety issues. This made me reflect on the power of online services and I decided to establish an online platform for providing psychotherapy and counseling services. Today the tele-mental health service provides for a symptom screener to arrive at a tentative differential diagnosis. The person can book an appointment identifying the most appropriate therapist for her/him. The person could be provided psychotherapy services offline or online.
Anita Rego
Founder Director at PEARLSS 4 Development Founder AMITA- a mental health therapy platform Advisor to Listening Inn Panelist to Letswalktogether The 15 most Influential Women IWD 2023: TOP BUSINESS LEADER
I grew up in a town called Mangalore and my mother took us for charity visits to the Psychiatry unit of the well-known Hospital, Fr. Mullers Hospital. My interest in mental health was further nurtured at NIMHANS where I did my M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Psychiatric Social Work.
Throughout my whole work life of four decades, I continued to engage in counseling and strengthen the counseling space. COVID hit hard and we set up online therapy services. One incident was very powerful. The story of an Army man on the India Myanmar borders who reached out to us for services for his wife facing anxiety issues. This made me reflect on the power of online services and I decided to establish an online platform for providing psychotherapy and counseling services. Today the tele-mental health service provides for a symptom screener to arrive at a tentative differential diagnosis. The person can book an appointment identifying the most appropriate therapist for her/him. The person could be provided psychotherapy services offline or online.
If you had to start over, would you choose this as your profession or another and why? Do I want to change my profession?
No. However, if I had a choice to relive the professional journey once again, I would possibly spend more time talking to people about their lives alongside my learning journey from libraries.
How do you do justice to this title?
Work harder, be there for people, respond with greater compassion, listen more.
Tell us about the uniqueness of your brand/talent/style ?
Our brand AMITA stands for the belief in the limitless potential that people must explore and unravel the depths of human emotions and relationships. The flame of energy allows the flow of energy within a person to reimagine and reframe their life through the therapeutic process.